Glow Up - BBC Three

[TheMiceInTheShed]

I've trained with an actual working 'celebrity' makeup artist, and know that they detest this show because it gives nothing about the real artistry, technique or reality of being a successful, working MUA.
It's gone down the line of all reality talent shows now, and it's more about the backstory and trauma of the contestants and has duck all to do with the make up at all.
The standard of work is much lower than previous series now, probably because they're going for people who are self-taught from YouTube and Insta, rather than trained MUAs who know the importance of skin care and a great base over and above anything else.

Same as Bake Off.

Started with ordinary women people who could make a good sponge (and everywhere people watching thought "Oooh! Warming the jam first! That's genius - I could do that! " etc) and then ended up with neurodivergent transgender blokes in drag building a scale model of the Kremlin out of shortbread and spun sugar.*

It got silly.

I stopped watching.

I wanted something I could both enjoy watching and learn from, and it lost all of that.

*Not quite, but you know what I mean

Edit.

 

[Louanne]

Same as Bake Off.

Started with ordinary women people who could make a good sponge (and everywhere people watching thought "Oooh! Warming the jam first! That's genius - I could do that! " etc) and then ended up with neurodivergent transgender blokes in drag building a scale model of the Kremlin out of shortbread and spun sugar.*

It got silly.

I stopped watching.

I wanted something I could both enjoy watching and learn from, and it lost all of that.

*Not quite, but you know what I mean

Edit.

It's 8am and you've already made the comment of the day GENIUS!!!!

Hilarious, but absolutely spot on!

 

[Booklover]

Anyone watch today's episode?

 

[Jaybtee]

Anyone watch today's episode?

sticking on now, brb something tells me it will be the same old!

 

[Spencerskates]

Anyone watch today's episode?

i really like Ella, and like that she doesn’t try to make every brief a sob story.

Did anyone else feel like Finley was waiting for everyone to be socked when he finally made reference to the fact that he’s trans?

 

[LibertyLourise]

I actually liked the way that most of them used makeup and demonstrated blending and stuff this week. Rossi's look was hideous.

 

[Bagpuss20]

So youve got Val who's done runway looks for Alexander Mcqueen and Dominc whos worked at mac judging what looks like kids face painting.
The head to head at the end is the most precise and skillful test

 

[Restless Native]

That Hermes bag thing Leomie is wearing looks so uncomfortable

 

[Bezzzz]

ABYSMAL, utterly personality less episode.

 

[DoseofReality]

Val it's prosthetic not prosdetic.

 

[Rosie glow]

I think vals make up always looks awful on her

 

[Jaybtee]

I think vals make up always looks awful on her

i seen pics of val on tiktok and she is so wrinkly, whatever vaseline they are using on the glowup camara lense is working overtime - i hardly recognised her

 

[ZeroCraic]

Conflab? No, absolutely not, NO.

This gives me the ick every week

 

[Zulkraa]

This gives me the ick every week

 

[Michiemobiles]

Mitchell looks like Pauline from League of Gents

Dole scum

 

[Bagpuss20]

This gives me the ick every week

Thing is ive been saying 'shall we have a conflab' for about 25 years and its now starting to give me the ick because of Val.

 

[Restless Native]

I like the idea of the gore and glam this week. The contestants are so dull this series.

 

[LibertyLourise]

Did anyone else think the face off example looked awful and far too high?

 

[Fanny Muchmore]

Dole scum

Piss off Ross

 

[TheMiceInTheShed]

I like the idea of the gore and glam this week. The contestants are so dull this series.

They bloody are, aren't they?

Scraping the barrel.

And the sets of "face off" twins look more and more pissed off every single week. Probably wishing they could sell their twin-ness for dangerous medical experiments rather than sit there and be drawn on by tossers.